Yahāṉ Urdu bolī jātī hai — 'Urdu is spoken here'. No one in the sentence is doing anything; the thing just gets done. This is the register of signboards, news bulletins, and the exquisitely indirect scolding (aisā nahīṉ kiyā jātā — 'this is simply not done'). Verb + jānā, and the doer politely vanishes.
یہاں اردو بولی جاتی ہے۔yahāṉ urdū bolī jātī hai: Urdu is spoken here.Bolī agrees with urdū, a she. The pattern: past participle + jānā.
چائے گرم پی جاتی ہے۔chāy garam pī jātī hai: Chai is drunk hot.A law of nature, stated in the grammar of laws.
کہا جاتا ہے کہ۔۔۔kahā jātā hai ke: It is said that…Ke = that, the little connective. The gossip-safe opener: nobody said it, it is just… said.
یہ کیسے کہا جاتا ہے؟yeh kaise kahā jātā hai?: How is this said?The learner's master key. Point at anything and ask.
یہاں پارکنگ منع ہے۔yahāṉ pārking manā hai: No parking here.Your R8 signboard, finally parsed: manā = forbidden, and no one forbids — it just is.
بریانی یہاں بنائی جاتی ہے۔biryānī yahāṉ banāī jātī hai: Biryani is made here.The proudest sign a shop can hang.
عید پر عیدی دی جاتی ہے۔Eid par Eidī dī jātī hai: On Eid, Eidi is given.Dī agrees with Eidī. The custom from your Ramzān unit, in the custom-stating tense.
اردو دائیں سے بائیں لکھی جاتی ہے۔urdū dāeṉ se bāeṉ likhī jātī hai: Urdu is written right to left.Dāeṉ and bāeṉ from Level 11, now describing the script itself.
کیا کیا جائے؟kyā kiyā jāe?: What's to be done?The universal sigh. Subjunctive passive — L27 will explain the jāe.
دیکھا جائے گا۔dekhā jāe gā: It will be seen to.The classic soft promise. Sometimes it even happens.
ایسا نہیں کیا جاتا۔aisā nahīṉ kiyā jātā: That's simply not done.The politest scolding in the language — no scolder anywhere in the sentence.
بتایا نہیں گیا۔batāyā nahīṉ gayā: Nobody told me.Literally 'it was not told'. The passive as gentle complaint.
سمجھا جاتا ہے کہ۔۔۔samjhā jātā hai ke: It is believed that…The news bulletin's favourite hedge, khabarnāma register.
مہمان کو پہلے کھانا دیا جاتا ہے۔mehmān ko pehle khānā diyā jātā hai: The guest is served first.Tehzeeb, stated as natural law. Your C4 manners in L26 grammar.
یہ بات مانی جاتی ہے۔yeh bāt mānī jātī hai: This is generally accepted.Mānnā = to accept, agree. Mānī agrees with bāt.
پاکستان میں چائے ہر وقت پی جاتی ہے۔Pākistān meṉ chāy har waqt pī jātī hai: In Pakistan, chai is drunk at all hours.Har waqt = at every time. A cultural fact in its native grammar.
Good to know
✨ The passive is how Urdu does authority without an author: signs (manā hai), news (samjhā jātā hai), and etiquette (aisā nahīṉ kiyā jātā). When no one in particular is responsible, verb + jānā carries the sentence.
✨ Manā (forbidden) came from Arabic, and you have been reading it on signboards since the R6 unit — parking manā hai, photography manā hai. One word, half of Pakistan's public signage.
✨ Kahā jātā hai ke — 'it is said that' — is the subcontinent's time-honoured way to pass along a story while keeping your own name out of it.
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